GRE Word List
PENDULOUS
poised without visible support
The meaning of the word pendulous is poised without visible support.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |